Extracurricular (2020)

It's not the destination, but the journey.

The show had alot potential. Unfortunately, the fatal flaw of the show is it on the end of story rather than beginning. So, we missed out on all challenges dealing with setting up escort service network and the journey of him becoming rich. For example, how did first appoarch and meet the girls? Why did he choose them? How did he get intial funds? What inspired him to setup the service? All of this content was lost. Instead, we get forced romance couple drama of girl doing ridiculous actions ruining his life just for sake of drama. Imagine if they did Breaking bad the same way and just start him at end. The show would been terrible.

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- First thing first... the Bonnie and Clyde vibe got me entirely hooked up. PERFECT...
- The theme song became my ringtone and alarm too. <3
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- Episode 1 & 2 was perfect according to me, to build up the adrenaline rush among the viewers. These two episodes made me realize that I am way too punctual and responsible to live a life like them but thb Oh Jisoo inspired me a lot to............ study... :-)
- Episode 3 through 7-8 ... it was meeehhh for me.
- Episode 9 gave me all the gore that I wanted and expected (I expected a lot more thought). And also gave me a good laugh and fair share of pain too.
- Episode 10 ... the BEST. In short, perfectly satisfied with the ending.
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- I adored the 'Grandfather'. He was my fave. Both in action and mystery department.
- Loathed Minhee. She was too weak, cute and annoying for her own good.
- Wanted to beautifully punch the 'smiling b*tch'
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I think that's all... But trust me YOU MUST WATCH THIS DRAMA.
And in the future I wish to get a partner like either Oh Jisoo or Bae Gyuri.

Thank you,
Maaya

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The webdrama A-TEEN was Kim Donghee's first acting project and I've adored him ever since I saw the second season of it. When I saw the announcement of him starring in this Netflix drama a year ago, I got really excited and told myself I'd wait for it. And so I did, and it took so long for it to come out. But it did!!

This drama is far away from being perfect, but it was absolutely worth the wait and watch. It's cleverly written with a lot of detail and has relatively believable characters and teens, at least in relation to the situations in the drama. I liked the leads together, they had chemistry and helped each other out, even if it was for the business.

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I very much enjoyed the theme itself - sex trafficking, prostitution of minors - even if it wasn't portrayed in the heaviest manner ever, which some people complained about. I coulnd't have seen that coming by seeing the trailer and the plot summary.
It's clear that it's a heavy, difficult subject, even without the leads or anyone saying it explicitly. It's obvious when you see the drama. The plot revolving around that business kept me on the edge of my seat and was just entertaining and new.

Practically every decision and character arc led up to the climax and the ending. This is where I get most critical of the drama though, because by focusing on the whole Psycho man drama, the Police woman and Seo Minhee as well as Mr. Lee, there was little room for our leads to work and decide together and their relationship and the characters together couldn't evolve properly. That's why Jisoo's final breakdown over Seo Minhee having recorded that Bae Gyuri was involved didn't feel entirely logical to me, even if I get it for the most part. In general, not everything this drama and the writers decided to do was smart, I don't find Kitae stabbing Jisoo too convincing or justified, some things were also predictable, like when Minhee fell down the stairs.

For me, the ending isn't disappointing - it would be actually insane if they really left it that. Just like THAT. It really made me think, and the last shots of the drama were creepy as hell. Everything left me speechless. I wouldn't mind a second season, I just don't know what it should revolve around.

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Even if it has some flaws, I still love the drama for what it is,: a pretty dark rollercoaster story with eery symbolism and quirks thrown in. ( ?SPOILER? I really enjoyed Jisoos horrifying dreams, I don't get the thing with the hermit crab though)

Recommending this one big time, if you want to see a heavy, fresh teen drama that isn't.. perfect.

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Interesting premise with unfortunately, an unbelievable main character. The MC makes too many careless mistakes, doesn’t have the street smarts, decisiveness or emotional intelligence to pull off running a network of girls along with fail safes and a single subordinate all by himself WHILE going to school full-time. I just don’t buy it.

It would make more sense if the story built him up to get to the point of managing this illegal operation or have someone else more believable be the mastermind. It’s too bad given its interesting premise and supporting characters.

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Wooooooow. This left me so shocked, what the hell.

All I have to say is that Minhee deserved better. Kitae sucks. Jisoo and Gyuri suck. All in a different but beautiful way. Just by watching this show you realize how trashy school students can be.

I need a second season. Watch it if you like your dramas with a bit of violence, blood, and sensitive topics. You'll like it.

[Spoilers now, stop reading if you haven't watched it yet..]

Uhm, I'm kinda happy that things went bad for Jisoo, after all he was doing things that are not OK. He deserves a bad ending, however I can't help but feel sorry for him. I kinda started liking his character after the first half of the drama.
I just didn't like that Kitae came in to be the 'justiceman'.. he's so unlikable.

Aside from that I think that the ending was very open, what happened to Jisoo and Gyuri? Did he die? Did they escpae together? What's up with the Uncle, though. He seems secretly alive, but they didn't explain much after that. And will Minhee be able to find peace? Poor girl, she went through a lot. Didn't like her character at first but now she's grown on me a lot :(

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Characters are too bland

I dropped this show by episode two because Gyu Ri was a character I really disliked, I hated how they tried to insinuate that she'll help Jisoo grow his business, at the end of episode two, but she literally ruined his business. They gloss over that, but its a big deal and I don't wanna deal with another drama that'll probably gloss over her big misstep or just ignore it. I'm tired of dramas having these nonsensical writing and then expecting the audience to side with the character.

Gyu Ri could've spoken to Jisoo, and confronted him, instead because of her his business was comprised for a few days, which is life-and-death for some of the women on the app. Then she becomes the reason for Jisoo's dad's theft. It was frustrating to watch and I felt bad for Jiso. I'm sure they fix Gyu Ri's character later, but to me her base, as a character, is flawed.

Also, I hate when dramas make me want to sympathize with rich kids, like sure Gyu Ri's parents suck, but shes is loaded and for her to think she has a life just as bad as Jisso, which is what I felt from her character, is pathetic.

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sei lá

achei bem pesado. no começo tava achando interessante mas depois eu comecei a assistir só por assistir mesmo.
o final foi aberto mas que faz sentido por causa do tema que foi retratado.
as atuações ao longo do dorama também foram boas, foi o que mais gostei nele inteiro.

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Otra serie típica de Netflix

Una típica serie de Netflix, con actores coreanos. Eso es Extracurricular. Era como si no estuviera viendo un kdrama. La mitad del drama va muy bien, y después cae en una serie de eventos desafortunados que misteriosamente se solucionan uno tras otro rápidamente (con personajes que no importa lo que les hagan, no mueren) para repuntar con un buen capítulo final.

Las cosas que me gustaron se pueden resumir en tres, las actuaciones del cast, que por fin haya un kdrama donde los profesores contengan a los alumnos y que cada capítulo termine con una alerta de teléfonos de ayuda. Más allá de esto el guión es contradictorio, algunas escenas pasan de ficticias a rozar la fantasía y hay personajes que no puedo creer que sean tan absurdos, quisieron con esto intentar que haya comedia? No lo sé.

Definitivamente este no sería un drama que recomiende pero tampoco puedo decir que es malisimamente malo porque a pesar de que no me gustó en general, tiene capítulos buenos, atrapantes y me entretuvo.

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o que fez esse drama ser tão f*da foram as personagens realistas. ninguém ali é o bonzinho, e tipo PRA VALER, NÃO É EXAGERO. a maioria ali cometeu CRIMES. você não consegue gostar deles 100%. mas você ainda vê a humanidade presente neles, se colocar no lugar. obviamente que não iria fazer as mesmas coisas, mas dá pra entender o porquê.

o enredo também é f*da pra c*r*lho, toda a construção dele e as consequências das escolhas que os personagens fazem, encaixadinho e seguindo o próprio rumo, e toda essa lei de newton causando, além da sensação de nojo e mal-estar com a realidade e aos limites que um ser humano pode chegar pra sobreviver nesse mundo cruel e impiedoso, uma tensão absurda em quem assiste, pensando no que vai acontecer e se algo pode ficar pior. se desenvolveu muito bem e deixou o final aberto, que ficou muito bom. não acho que precise de uma segunda temporada porque na minha visão o objetivo de toda essa história ser contada era pra provocar reflexões, e já deu pra cumpri-lo com esses 10 episódios.

a trilha sonora, infelizmente, é um ponto fraco pra mim. claro que ela não tem um papel muito grande por conta do peso da qualidade da história, mas mesmo assim a falta de esforço é bem nítida pra mim. além da escassez de músicas, elas se repetiam com uma frequência alta e desnecessária, ao ponto de que quando eu ouvia ela crescendo ao fundo dos acontecimentos eu me distraia levemente da história pra pensar o quão enjoativo estava sendo ter que ouvir. a música da abertura, principalmente, apesar de ser bem emocionante com aquela edição de imagens perdeu toda a qualidade pra mim.

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